most sought-after employers around the world. Not surprisingly, during the academic year 2015-2016, a total of 13,873 job applications were received as a result of 342 job announcements that were published on the website of the VPHR. Candidates who applied were from France, Italy, Canada, Byelorussia, Spain, Asia, Kuwait, Singapore, United Arab Emirates, South and Central America, the Caribbean and United States. As a higher education institution and affirmative action employer, we annually comply with federal and state requirements and reports, such as IPED’s, AAP, Vets4212, FCC-EEO, E-Verify, FSE, OSHA and others. One important regulation handled this year was changes of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and tempered our job descriptions in accordance with the impact on job classification. Also we completed the second phase of the Job Description Evaluation Project, which allowed the review of the functions and classifications of each of AGMUS associates’ job descriptions. The VPHR culminated the establishment of the Electronic Performance Evaluation System process, that replaces the use of paper, provides the service more efficiently and costs less. Another technological project was the updating of the Human Resources’ portal at suagm. edu, link that provide access to all policies, manuals, procedures, contracts and other important documents and resources. The Human Resources team works to achieve the development of a Personalized Total Compensation Statement. This benefit statement highlights the employee total compensation package and breaks down the quantitative value of all benefits that the system grants to the employee beyond his salary, as is the health plan, unemployment insurance, disability insurance, and the savings and investment plan, among others. For over six decades at AGMUS, we have built bonds of trust between our associates, so that they feel confident that our VPHR team seeks to ensure their interests and the fiscal stability of the system. The efforts have resulted in valuable fringe benefits such as the Savings and Investment Plan. The plan has maintained a solid and productive fiscal condition, which is a positive benefit for the associates who are enrolled. During the 2015-2016 period, enrollment reached a total of 1,167 registered associates. Another effort that has paid off is the Preventive Health Program, which had 287 scheduled appointments on nutritional health and
1,159 medical evaluations. For the Vice Presidency it is essential to continue the professional development of our associates; for this reason we invest in our people. Finally, 285 business seminars and professional trainings were organized. Also, during the past academic year, the Human Resources Organizational Development Area completed several studies for Development and External Resources for Sistema TV, the School of Health Sciences at Turabo, the Vice Presidency for Administrative Affairs and the Office of Information Technology and Telecommunications at Universidad del Este (UNE). There are various promising efforts that guide the leadership of the VPHR. Some of these initiatives were focused in our social labor and go beyond the borders of our institutions. Among these, are those aimed at supporting communities in necessity. During 2015-2016, the VPHR led plans to join various fundraising campaigns and food drives like the one ran by the Food Bank: Let No One Go Hungry; and the one led by the American Red Cross: A Dollar for Ecuador. The latter proved to be the largest collection of funds in the system, to date. Also, the Vice Presidency joined forces with Universidad del Turabo to carry out a community service project with the Municipality of San Lorenzo, which integrated the schools of Social and Human Sciences, Business and Engineering in projects that impact the city in positive measurable ways. In conclusion, our Human Resources team is focused in leading practices in developing and recognizing outstanding faculty and staff, as well as promoting communications to employees and students at all campuses. We think holistically about our institution’s work environment and consider what we can do to contribute to increase passion, engagement, commitment and leadership to attract, develop and retain high performing administrative staff and faculty, and to assure that our students and education services succeed in the global competition.
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